Mom to Mom
What's your approach for handling public meltdowns?
- Only group members can vote in this poll.
- 35% - I just grit my teeth and get through my errand as fast as possible.
- 17% - I take my kid outside before he can even get a second scream in.
- 47% - I sit down with, hold and/or talk to my child until he calms down.
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get it done asap then have a chat!
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I or dh will get down to their level and talk with them about it.. If they continue we will either take them outside to until they calm down:) -
My kids are older now but when they had tantrums no matter where we are I find the nearest bathroom and used to take the kids in there. Have a talk with them (or the offending child) and let them know that they need to stop and there is no other option. If you leave the store when they start a tantrum, they get used to it and think it's a free pass to get out of situations they don't want to be in.
Anyway, my kids are older now, so thankfully no more store tantrums.
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Beat them before the tantrum gets bad. :)
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i put my ds in the shopping cart and ignore the tantrum cpompletely. He rarely ever does it anymore -
Get it done as quick as possible.... getting 3 Lo's out the door and into a store is a lot of work. -
Tantrums are unacceptable, thankfully he has never thrown one in public but when he misbehaves, I stop everything I do and leave.
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Hahaha!
Quoting Peanutx3:
Beat them before the tantrum gets bad. :)
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Honestly none of my kids have had a tantrum in public. So I guess I would do the first option.
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If I can't get them calmed down immediately we leave and go home.